Roses

lyrics

Rose said quote it's time to make a mess
Time will soon be mine in time I guess
She's painting on my back a beautiful flowerpot
And she treats me, she treats me, she treats me like her local god

Rose said quote it's time to make a mess
This one's yours and yours is self obsessed
She's painting on my back a green tom, the beefheart one
Ans she cuddles and she coos and she cuts the bullshit I confessed

She said: don't look my way
What can I possibly say
I've never seen you before today
I'm just the one that makes you think of the one
That makes you feel you're the one

But thank you for the roses

Rose said quote it's time to make a mess
Remind me what it is that I do best
She's painting on my back some beautiful something sweet
And she treats me, she treats me, she beats me

Rose said quote my time has come at last
Ugly things through my mind they have passed
She's scratching on my back 'if this boy believes me'
She leaves me, deceives me and takes those flowers just to
please me...

Rose don't mind where she been
She been blind
She been mine
all this time
she been...

Thank you for the roses

Releases / notes / credits

Released on:
In A Bar, Under The Sea
No More Loud Music
Roses single (Vermeersch version)

It's a song about broken relationships. Tom once had a Dutch girl, they broke up, he came across her some time later and she pretended she didn't even know him, so he did just the same, after which they started seducing each other again : "That must be the ideal relationship : forgetting someone, so you can seduce her again later".

Strangely enough - but it must be true, cos' Tom wrote that down - it's also about being in bed, drawing figures with your fingers on your partner's back and trying to get him/her to guess what is it you're drawing. Picture this : Tom lying naked in bed with his girlfriend, playing this erotic version of Pictionary : "Got it, baby?" - "Erh ... not exactly ... can you do that bit again around the hips?" - "What, down there?" - "Mmmh yeah, right there Tommy boy. It's fantastic!" - "Well now - guessed it?" - "What the fuck, I don't give a damn - hey, don't stop!" - "Oh, come on, it's easy! It's that green tom, well ... you know, the Beefheart one!" - "Yeah Tommy I knew it! Do it again please, I just wanna be sure you're drawing it right .... oh yes, Tom, you're a terrific finger-drawing champion!"

Remixed on CD2 by Peter Vermeersch, who produced Worst Case Scenario with Pierre Verloesem.

Words by Barman & Carlens - Music by Barman
Stef Kamil Carlens : vocal, bass
Tom Barman : vocal, guitar
Julle De Borgher : drums
Craig Ward : guitar, vocal
Klaas Janzoons : violin
Rudy Trouvé : guitar